Bee safety is an important issue for beekeepers and non-beekeepers alike. Beekeeping has several safety issues, but the biggest concern, particularly for beginner beekeepers, is of course bee stings. ...

Honey has been used for thousands of years to season foods of all kinds. Sugar and salt are relatively recent condiments, and ones that we should learn to do if not without, with much less, as our so...

Beekeeping supplies refers to any beekeeping equipment, tools or software needed for the installation and maintenance of a beehive. An 'apiarist' is the person who keeps bee and hence all apiarists...

Bee supplies include all essentials needed for apiarists for raising bees. Be it small-scale, large-scale or just for the interest of beekeeping, bee suppliers can offer you with equipments, tools, i...

Months in this article relate to the northern hemisphere cool temperate climate. APRIL In the beehive: With blossom time well underway, the bee colony is also increasingly active. The bees are...

Months in this article relate to the northern hemisphere cool temperate climate. March In the beehive: In warm areas the colony will be starting on a new cycle of life. The steadily increasi...

Months in this article relate to the northern hemisphere cool temperate climate. January In the beehive: If it is very cold, the bees will be clustered tightly together. There will be no bro...

Why keep bees? If you ask a beekeeper this question, he will probably look at you quizzically and say: 'Bees? I keep them because I like them!' This is certainly as good a reason as any...

Training to be a beekeeper is a time consuming skill! Many take beekeeping seriously because they share a passion for something that was once declared a simple hobby to which has now joined the billio...